BILL NUMBER: ACR 139	CHAPTERED  08/30/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   120
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 22, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 3, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 2, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Oller

                        MARCH 2, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 139--Relative to the John C.
Begovich Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 139, Oller.  John C. Begovich Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 49,
as prescribed, as the John C. Begovich Memorial Highway.  The measure
request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of
appropriate plaques and markers showing this designation and upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources, to erect those plaques and
markers.




   WHEREAS, John C. Begovich was born on January 17, 1916, in Jackson
Gate, California; the son of immigrant parents from Trebinje,
Yugoslavia; and
   WHEREAS, John Begovich graduated from Sutter Creek High School and
attended Sacramento Junior College and was a champion athlete at
both institutions; and
   WHEREAS, In January, 1942, he answered the call to duty of his
country and enlisted in the United States Army where he rose to the
rank of second lieutenant and earned 13 decorations, including the
silver star, the bronze star, and three purple hearts; and
   WHEREAS, After his honorable discharge from the Army in 1945, John
Begovich returned to Amador County and was selected to be the county
Veterans Service Officer and County Civil Defense Director; and
   WHEREAS, In 1949, he married the former Lorraine Love, and in
1950, the couple became the proud parents of their son, John C.
Begovich, Jr.; and
   WHEREAS, John Begovich continued his career of public service
when, in 1955, he was appointed judge in the Amador County Judicial
District while retaining his position as Veterans Service Officer;
and
   WHEREAS, In 1960, John Begovich was elected as Senator from the
9th Senatorial District serving Amador and El Dorado Counties; and
   WHEREAS, He was an active and productive legislator working on
numerous issues important to his constituents and the state,
including the bistate park system within the Tahoe Basin, highway
improvements, the creation of a second department of the Superior
Court for El Dorado County, and a $250,000,000 veterans bill; and
   WHEREAS, After serving as Senator, in 1966, John Begovich was
appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson as one of four United States
Federal Marshals in the State of California, serving in that
capacity until 1970; and
   WHEREAS, In 1976, John Begovich was elected Supervisor of District
1, Amador County, where he made care of the elderly residents of the
county one of his primary concerns; and
   WHEREAS, His dedication to Amador County and its citizens was
rewarded by his reelection as supervisor in 1980, 1984, 1988, and
1992; and
   WHEREAS, John C. Begovich died on November 2, 1999, after
faithfully serving the citizens of Amador County, the State of
California, and the United States of America, and it is therefore
appropriate that State Highway Route 49, from the southern city limit
of the City of Jackson to the intersection of State Highway Route
88, be dedicated to this tireless public servant; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby dedicates State
Highway Route 49, from the southern city limit of the City of Jackson
to the intersection of State Highway Route 88, in the memory of John
C. Begovich, who served the people of Amador County so well; and be
it further
   Resolved, That State Highway Route 49, from the southern city
limit of the City of Jackson to the intersection of State Highway
Route 88, be officially designated as the "John C. Begovich Memorial
Highway"; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation, and upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
